Item: Chain Mail
A suit of chain mail consists of several pieces of armor composed of small metal rings linked together in a protective mesh. It typically includes a chain shirt, leggings, a pair of arms, and a coif, collectively protecting most of the body.
Trait Effects
Flexible: The armor is pliable and doesn’t hinder most actions. You don’t apply its check penalty to Acrobatics or Athletics checks.
Noisy: This armor is loud and likely to alert others to your presence. The armor’s check penalty applies to Stealth checks even if you have the required Strength modifier.
Armor Specialisation Effects
The overlapping rings of chain are designed to deflect piercing attacks and reduce the impact of crushing blows.
Medium Armor: When you take damage from a critical hit, reduce the extra damage by 4 + the value of the armor's potency rune. This is the damage beyond the base damage, as determined on a success.
Related Items
| Name | Level | Rarity | Price | AC Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parachute Mail | 5 | Common | 150 gp | 4 |
| Reactive Mail | 5 | Common | 160 gp | 4 |
| Message Mail | 8 | Common | 430 gp | 4 |
| Leopard's Armor | 9 | Uncommon | 700 gp | 4 |
| Mitigation Mail | 9 | Uncommon | 700 gp | 4 |
| Reactive Mail (Greater) | 11 | Common | 1400 gp | 4 |
| Mitigation Mail (Greater) | 13 | Uncommon | 3000 gp | 4 |
| Thunder Mail | 15 | Common | 6500 gp | 4 |
| Mitigation Mail (Major) | 17 | Uncommon | 14000 gp | 4 |
| Reactive Mail (Major) | 17 | Common | 14000 gp | 4 |
| Holy Chain | 13 | Common | 2500 gp | 4 |
| Lattice Armor | - | Common | 6 gp | 4 |
| Energizing Lattice | 13 | Common | 3000 gp | 4 |
| Ceramic Plate | - | Common | 6 gp | 3 |
| Chain Shirt | - | Common | 5 gp | 2 |
| Lion's Pelt (Chain) | 6 | Uncommon | 250 gp | 2 |
| Blade Byrnie | 7 | Common | 360 gp | 2 |
| Moonlit Chain | 7 | Common | 360 gp | 2 |
| Blade Byrnie (Greater) | 13 | Common | 3000 gp | 2 |
| Chained Mist | 13 | Uncommon | 3000 gp | 2 |